Myth Writing

Last week we had to pick a natural phenomenon to write about. We had to write a myth about why it happens. My natural phenomenon that I chose to do was about Why we have lightning. This is completely made up and probably isn't that accurate with the Greek gods and all, but I hope you like reading it!

Why we have lightning

This is the story of why have lightning. Once, thousands of years ago

in the high, peaceful peaks of Mount Olympus in Greece, Zeus and his

wife Hera were living happily. The sun was always out to represent the

happiness of Zeus and Hera’s love. Everyone was friends with each

other, even the gods with the people of Greece. One day however, the

Greek people put a stop in this happiness, the people, thinking that

because Zeus and Hera’s lives were full of happiness, that their lives

should be too. They wanted more food and water and because of this,

some of the more rich men and women of Greece marched up Mount

Olympus, in a demanding rage. 

They pushed past the guards (who of course were not expecting

something like this to happen on what was a normal day) and stomped

up the steps to Zeus and Hera’s thrones chanting as they went “WE

WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE!”. At first, Zeus was extremely

angry and told them to get out. The people were shoved out and just as

they got to the doorway, an elderly man stood and said, “Please Zeus,

at least let me tell you what we came here for.” Zeus was a humble god

and let the man speak. The man told him about how they thought that

they needed more happiness in their lives.Zeus considered this and

said, “I will give you more food and water, if you do not come back

here again. You need to be more grateful.” The people shouted thank

-you’s all the way down the mountain and when they went back to

their homes, they found Zeus’s promise of food and water on their

tables.

Greece was once again happy, until a greedy man and his four other

friends went back to the temple about a year later and told Zeus to give

them more. Zeus, who spoke in a serious tone said, "Do you not

remember a year ago, you came to me and I gave you what you wanted

in return if you didn’t come back here again?” The greedy men played

dumb and told Zeus that they hadn’t been there, even when they had.

Zeus knew this and because of it, he cast a burst of lighting at the

greedy men, who flew down Mount Olympus and into Greece.

The people of Greece knew these greedy men and knew they were

lying when they said Zeus had just “randomly attacked them”.

Not learning their lesson, the men went back up to Mount Olympus

and tried yet again. This time when they asked, they didn’t even make

it halfway through their sentences, before Zeus shouted and threw

another lightning bolt at them. But this time it was much bigger and

scarier. It sent the men flying to the other side of the world, with big

Columbus clouds tailing close behind them. Torrential rain bucketed

down all over Greece and the whole world for five days, representing

the five snobby and ungrateful men. Thunder boomed and more

lightning bolts came through out the five days. The men were now

extremely scared of Zeus and fearing that he would punish them even

more, they set of to do kind things for the rest of their lives.

Now, when lighting flashes in the sky, the Greeks still think that Zeus

is angry because of someone being ungrateful to something or

someone, like the five men were to him.